Android Keyboards [not relevant]

asked 2014-01-05 15:48:16 +0200

strongm gravatar image

Is there any possibility of a future update of Sailfish allowing Android keyboards to be used? This would be one way of addressing the lack of Swype, for example.

edit retag flag offensive reopen delete

The question has been closed for the following reason "question is not relevant or outdated" by molan
close date 2014-09-19 12:07:49.670868

Comments

4

Imagine an Android app (a keyboard one in this case) with the capability of reading all the text input throughout the system... No, thank you. I'd rather leave Android where it's supposed to be - in its own closed shell.

nodevel ( 2014-01-05 18:16:43 +0200 )edit
1

I think this is sadly not the easiest. Not impossible, but the amount of kludging needed is a bit much currently. Maybe one day when there's multiwindow Android support.

Stskeeps ( 2014-01-05 23:31:12 +0200 )edit

I'd rather leave Android where it's supposed to be

I'm not suggesting it be compulsory, you know ...

strongm ( 2014-01-06 17:33:29 +0200 )edit
1

I was actually positively suprised by the fact that the keyboard is the same everywhere. On the N9 Opera had it's own keyboard which was inconsistent. Please don't change it.

Nilux ( 2014-01-29 15:12:24 +0200 )edit

the keyboard is the same everywhere

It isn't. e.g. the terminal keyboard is completely different. I wasn't suggesting different keyboards in different places. Just the ability to select Android keyboards in the same way we can already select an alternative language keyboard, or the Emoji keyboard

strongm ( 2014-01-29 17:34:33 +0200 )edit